[Scott]

TG
I saw this post over on the THT and have followed a little ... I fish out of the Inlet you use .... In fact grew up in the town where you keep your boat. I have the 23 .... and for what you want to do ( I think you know where I'm going )25 feet would be a minimum!! ... I’m pretty sure I would only be comfortable with a larger boat and two engines.... Not that you couldn’t get where you want in the 23 ..... but getting back can be another story .... That thread that Mark directs you to would be something good to go over and talk to Capt Charles about (I'm pretty sure he really likes his 25...and as to what has happened to it as of late has yet to be determined...)
I’ve fished Manasquan Inlet my entire life ….and 20 years ago (now that’s scary !!!) made my first offshore trip….Over the years I can’t tell you how many problems we had with weather and with the boat (spun wheels, blades broken off, loose strut)…Gone out with no wind mirror flat ocean .. and on the return wished we were in a bigger boat (spent most of my time offshore in a 38 Bertram and later a 45 Viking …. out there in a 31 Bertram… the smallest boat I’ve been out on past 30 miles, a 42 Post, and a few others….. ) Cant tell you how many times we “assisted” boats back home from offshore trips ….Some not even from the canyons but the mud hole …chicken canyon etc…. Even went back out one time as one of our slip mates in the marina I was working at called us and said he was 10 miles off the beach with a dead motor….in a 23 Mako ( this boat saw the canyon several times )

I’m sure you know all of this …. And you know you’ve got to pick your days … but the smaller you go the less you’ll get out ….Hell I would love to take my boat offshore but I realize I need to be extra, extra careful doing that ……as I’ve felt real…real small at times on a 45’ boat….

As you also know there isn’t a big concentration of SeaCrafts around ( the dealer in Pt Pleasant I think is gone) and the main boat that predominates in that category in the area isn’t too shabby … 26 Re……

I'm sure some won't agree ... people will do silly things ... I've seen my share of silly people

Do you live down there or just keep your boat there ?? We should talk some time…. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

Scott